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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. F. BLESS.

SAD IRON HANDLB.

No. 353.660. Patented Dec. 7. 1886.

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J. F. BLESS.

SAD IRON HANDLB.

No. 353,660. Patented Dec. '7, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT Erion,

J AMES F. BLESS, OF NEWVARK, NEW JERSEY.

SAD-IRON HANDLE.,

SPBCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353.660. dated December'7, 1886.

Application filed January 7, 1886. Serial No. 1873381. (No model.)

To all whom it may cancer-72,:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. BLEss, a citizen of the United States,residing in N ewark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Sad Iron Handles,fully described andrepresentcd in the following specification, and t-he accompanyingdrawings, forning a part of the same.

This invention consists in the means herein shown, described, andclaimed for attaching the removable handle to the top of a sad-iron.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a sad-iron having adetachable top secured thereto with the handle removed. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the iron and handle upon the central line of thesame. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the handle with the latch elevated.Fig. 4 is a View of the under side of the handle with the latch in anoperative position, as shown in Fig. 2. Fg. 5 is an enlargedlongitudinal section of the iron in its simplest form, having a solidbody and without the detachable top, but provided with the removablehandle and the means for attaching it thereto; and Fig. 6 is an enlargedside view of the latch detached from the handle, showing theeccentricity of the hook thereon by coniparison with the curve of thelug upon the top of the sad-iron with which it engages.

As my invention consists in a means for fastening the handle to thesad-iron, it is immaterial whether my device be applied directly to thebody of the iron or to a detachable top secured thereto, the latterconstruction being illustrated in Figs. l and 2 in the drawings, and theformer in Fig. 5.

A is the body of the sad-iron; B, an attached top; C, a flange extendeddownward from the margin of such top, and provided with notches O' toadmit a circulation of air between such top and the body A.

D are the lugs for attaching the handle, and have a curved under side,which is formed nearly concentric with the pivot of the latch when thelatter is in position over the lug. Each lug is attached to the top by afoot, D', which is preferably sloped upon its outer side to fit moresnugly a slot, E, formed in the base F of the handle G, which slot iscorrespondingly tapered at its ends. The under side of the base is alsoprovided with lugs H, to hold it slightly above the top of the iron, asshown in Figs. 2 and 5, to prevent the conduction of heat from the ironto the base.

By making the top separate from the base I am enabled to cast the lugs Dthereon without any core, the sand of the mold fitting against the underside of the lugs through the opening I, which is formed in the top B ofsuitable length and width to, entirely expose the lugs to view from theunder side of the top. The top is shown renovable and Secured to thebase by screws s.

The latch is formed with a shank, a, a lifting-arm, b, a handle, c, anda hook, e, the shank being pivotedto the base F by a rivet, d, insertedthrough ears d' upon the base at each side of the slot E over one of thelugs D, and the curvature of the hook e is formed slightly eccentric tothe rivet d, so that the hook may readily engage with the lug D and jamtightly around the same as the arm b is pressed downward by the handlec. This eccentricity is shown in Fig. 6, in which 0 and 0' are dottedarcs, showing the curvature of the upper surface of the hook e and theunder surface of the lug D, respectively, r and r' being their radii.Fig. 5,being an enlarged view, shows very clearly that the point of thehook would engage much more freely than its root With the point of thelug. An appreciable space appears between the point of the hook and'theunder side of the lug when in operative contact in Fig. 5.

The points of the two lugs and the beveled ends of the feet D' areequidistant from the center of the opening I, and the hook e istherefore adapted to engage with equal facility with either of the lugs,so that the handle may be applied to the iron reversibly. The hook e isreadily pushed upward by the top of the lug when the base F is presseddownward,with the slot E embracing the lugs D, the arm b moving into theposition shown in Fig. 3 until the point of the hook slips over thepoint of the lug D, when the arm falls by its own weight, and the handlebecomes locked upon the iron.

To secure the latch or hook more firnly,the handle c may be presseddownward before using the iron, thus forcing the eccentric face of thehook into close contact with the under side of the lug; but the underside of the lug is formed. concentric, or nearly so, with the IOO rivetd when the latter is adj usted in its operative position over the lug,and the rivet itself being set back from the point of the lug, as isclearly shown in the drawings, there is no tendency of the hook e toslip off ofor disengage from the lug when the handle is lifted tosustain the weight of the iron. By theseparate Construction of the top?I also secure an opportunity of casting notches C' in the fiange G atthe outer edge of the same Without the use of anycore, and thuseffecting in a convenient manner the ventilation of the top, as iscommon in many similar oonstructions.

I am aware of United States Patent No. 289,709, in which the base of thehandle is shown attached to the body of the sad-iron by means of ahooked lever pivoted to the base construotions shown in the said UnitedStates Patents, and limit myself to the Construction shown and describedherein.

Having thus distinguished my invention from others, what I claim is- 1.The combination, with a sad-iron, of two lugs, D, projected from the topof the iron near the middle with their points extended toward oneanother, a handle having its baseF provided with a single slot, Eat itsmiddle to fit around the feet D' of said lugs, and a latch,

` a b c, constructed `as described, and pivotcd horizontally upon thebase and provided with depending hook e, the hook and lugs beingconstructed somewhat eccent-ric to one another to make the hook wedgeupon the lug when latohed, and thus hold the handle to the body firmlyby the mere weight of the latch, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The oombination, with a sad-iron body, of a top secured thereto byfastenings and prg- Vided with two lugs, the top having an opening, I,beneath the points of said lugs, ar

ranged substantially as and for'the purpos set forth. e

3. The combination, with the body A, of the 'top B, provided with thelugs D, the opening I, and the flange C, formed with notches C', thelugs being adapted to fit a latch upon the base of the handle,substantiallyas shown ,and

JAMES F. BLESS.

Witnesses:

H. J. MILLER, HENRY J. THEBERATH.:

